Includes four maps of Missouri Civil War battles, including the 1864 campaign against Sterling Price, the Battleground of Newtonia, MO, Battleground of Westport, and Westport and Big Blue. Maps depict...

Postcard image and brief history of Forest Hill Cemetery. Located at 69th St. and Troost Ave., Forest Hill was incorporated in 1888 and is the resting place of several notable Kansas Citians. The cemetery...

Book includes four chapters listing in chronological order the history of Civil War activities in the Kansas/Missouri area including the Battle of Westport, the Battle of Mine Creek, Kansas, Battle of...

Article on the reenactment of the Battle of Westport on its 150th anniversary. More than 100 re-enactors met in Swope Park to depict scenes and scenarios from the battle that took place between October...

Biography of John Finis Philips (1834-1919), a notable lawyer, federal judge, and Battle of Westport veteran, involved in many important business law cases in the late 1800s for the Western District of...

Illustrations and map of the "new proposed site for a national park commemorating the Battle of Westport," at about 60th and Oakley Avenues in Kansas City, Missouri. It was the site of the second day's...

Photo and chapter of the book about Judge John Finis Philips, or John Philips (1834-1919), judge of the Western District of Missouri in Kansas City from 1888 to 1910. Native of Boone County, Missouri,...

Article states that storyteller and historian John R. Anderson portrayed the figure of Lieutenant Patrick H. Minor of the Douglas Battery, U.S. Colored Light Artillery, the first African-American officer...

Photo (of General Shelby) and biographical article about General Joseph Shelby and Johnny Ringo, soldiers "in the Missouri Raid of 1864, fought in the Battle of Westport." Shelby described as a Confederate...